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Anonymous wrote:Has anyone’s institute successfully renewed contracts for professional support services? My husband’s company just furloughed him because apparently no contracts are being renewed. Or maybe it’s more accurate to say that there is no action on any of the renewals. I am wondering how widespread this is.

I have not been able to renew any service contracts. I can believe that this will affect the bottom line for companies providing analytical instruments.

Can you give examples of things that you are making do without because you can’t renew the service contracts? I wish the NiH stuff was front page news every day with stories explaining the real world impact. I don’t think Americans understand what is happening — they just keep hearing DEI and immigrants deportations and many of them are happy with that. I don’t think anyone voted to dismantle health care and medical research.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Has anyone’s institute successfully renewed contracts for professional support services? My husband’s company just furloughed him because apparently no contracts are being renewed. Or maybe it’s more accurate to say that there is no action on any of the renewals. I am wondering how widespread this is.

I have not been able to renew any service contracts. I can believe that this will affect the bottom line for companies providing analytical instruments.

And just wait until we’re trying to have them done by GSA (per the new E.O.).

Anonymous wrote:Has anyone’s institute successfully renewed contracts for professional support services? My husband’s company just furloughed him because apparently no contracts are being renewed. Or maybe it’s more accurate to say that there is no action on any of the renewals. I am wondering how widespread this is.

I have not been able to renew any service contracts. I can believe that this will affect the bottom line for companies providing analytical instruments.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Has anyone’s institute successfully renewed contracts for professional support services? My husband’s company just furloughed him because apparently no contracts are being renewed. Or maybe it’s more accurate to say that there is no action on any of the renewals. I am wondering how widespread this is.

It’s widespread. There’s a narrow list of contract actions that can be continued, e.g., IT security, facilities management, patient care and safety. Otherwise contract actions have to be approved by the Acting Director, and in some cases DHHS.

Thanks for the info. Sad and stressful weeks ahead for our family and for many others. I hope the rest of you here are able to keep your jobs. The intentional dismantling of scientific progress is horrifying.

America is becoming a laughingstock.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Has anyone’s institute successfully renewed contracts for professional support services? My husband’s company just furloughed him because apparently no contracts are being renewed. Or maybe it’s more accurate to say that there is no action on any of the renewals. I am wondering how widespread this is.

It’s widespread. There’s a narrow list of contract actions that can be continued, e.g., IT security, facilities management, patient care and safety. Otherwise contract actions have to be approved by the Acting Director, and in some cases DHHS.

Thanks for the info. Sad and stressful weeks ahead for our family and for many others. I hope the rest of you here are able to keep your jobs. The intentional dismantling of scientific progress is horrifying.

Anonymous wrote:Has anyone’s institute successfully renewed contracts for professional support services? My husband’s company just furloughed him because apparently no contracts are being renewed. Or maybe it’s more accurate to say that there is no action on any of the renewals. I am wondering how widespread this is.

It’s widespread. There’s a narrow list of contract actions that can be continued, e.g., IT security, facilities management, patient care and safety. Otherwise contract actions have to be approved by the Acting Director, and in some cases DHHS.

Has anyone’s institute successfully renewed contracts for professional support services? My husband’s company just furloughed him because apparently no contracts are being renewed. Or maybe it’s more accurate to say that there is no action on any of the renewals. I am wondering how widespread this is.

Anyone know what happened to EDI staff?

Anonymous wrote:The plan was not turned down per se, they just didn’t get an immediate answer.

ah that makes more sense from what I've heard.

Anonymous wrote:Current reorganization plans are deeper than previously proposed. NIH wants to cut 7,000 FTE positions through voluntary and involuntary departures.

They want to cut 7,000 out of the current 15,700 FTEs?

The plan was not turned down per se, they just didn’t get an immediate answer.

Anonymous wrote:can someone link up the Reddit thread here?

there's a subreddit for NIH. and lots of different threads.

Anonymous wrote:Current reorganization plans are deeper than previously proposed. NIH wants to cut 7,000 FTE positions through voluntary and involuntary departures.

Who said this? These numbers were not mentioned at today’s ICD meeting.

Anonymous wrote:Current reorganization plans are deeper than previously proposed. NIH wants to cut 7,000 FTE positions through voluntary and involuntary departures.

that is not what we heard in our meeting today.... where did your hear that?

can someone link up the Reddit thread here?